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Governor urges to curb video slots
AUSTIN (AP) — Casino-like video machines
that look and play like slots are the targets of
Texas Gov. George W. Bush’s new effort follow
ing legislative defeat of his sanctions.
Bush will announce his
plan to rid the state of video
slot machines during a
speech Thursday in Arling
ton to the Texas District and
County Attorneys Associa
tion, spokeswoman Karen
Hughes said:
“One of the jobs of the
governor is to anticipate
problems,” Hughes told the
Austin American-Statesman
Monday. “He is very concerned about the pro-
Bush
liferation of these casino-style gambling ma
chines.”
A task force appointed by Bush would write
a bill to present to the 1999 Legislature to re
solve questions prosecutors contend make it
difficult to crack down on the video slots.
The governor also will announce a grant
program to help prosecutors use the current
law to go after gambling devices.
This year, a Bush-backed legislative effort
died in an end-of-session filibuster master
minded by Sen. Jerry Patterson, R-Pasadena.
Known as eight-liners, the machines are es
timated to generate more than $100 million an
nually in Texas, with more than 20,000 in use at
truck stops, convenience stores, veterans’ halls
and other sites, industry observers say.
They say the machines are gaining in popu
larity — almost an attraction of their own at
businesses promoting themselves as Texas’
closest thing to casinos.
Patterson, seeking the GOP nomination for
land commissioner, acknowledged he collect
ed “several thousands of dollars” in campaign
contributions at a San Antonio convention of
the Amusement and Music Operators of Texas,
a trade association representing owners and
operators of eight-liners.
Casinos in Dallas and Monte Carlo near
Marble Falls are among businesses making the
machines their primary source of income.
Rep. Terry Keel, R-Austin and co-sponsor of
the Bush-backed bill, said eight-liner operators
were emboldened by the measure’s defeat.
State unveils plan
to end welfare fraud
AUSTIN (AP) — The state on
Tliesday unveiled its latest gadget
to prevent welfare fraud, touting
an electronic fingerprinting sys
tem scheduled to be installed
statewide early next year.
“Taxpayers spend $2.4 billion
annually on the food stamps and
AFDC programs in Texas,” De
partment of Human, Services
Commissioner Eric Bost said.
“Most of the two million recipi
ents of this aid are honest, but the
public has a right to expect that
every step is taken to ensure our
dollars only go to deserving fam
ilies.”
The $12.7 million fingerprint
ing program was tested in Bexar
and Guadalupe counties last year
and had good results, agency of
ficials said.
The amount of money in
volved in welfare fraud is hard to
assess, agency spokesman Mike
Jones said, adding the agency al
ready has prevented some fraud.
For example, a San Antonio
man applying for duplicate food
stamp benefits using different
names was caught with the help
of the fingerprinting system,
Jones said. The case is under in
vestigation.
“This will really help out catch
ing fraud from the front end,” Jones
said. “With this system, they will ei
ther be caught or deterred from ap
plying in the first place.”
By leaving fingerprints, appli
cants will not be able to apply for
state assistance in different cities
using fake identification or false
information, Jones said.
Police say use of
‘roofies’ on the rise
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Office of Graduate Studies (125 Teague)
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EL PASO (AP) —A pill notorious
for its connection with rapes seems
to be gaining popularity among drug
users looking for a more intense high,
sometimes with disastrous conse
quences, police said Tuesday.
Rohypnol, an illegal tranquilizer
also known as “roofies” and “roach
es,” again has become a topic for
discussion here following what may
have been the state’s third death
linked to a so-called date-rape drug.
Rohypnol sometimes is used to in
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rise, noting the seizure of about 1,700
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just 53 in 1996. Federal authorities
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“I think that indicates that there is
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Almonte, an El Paso narcotics officer,
said. “It was known as the date-rape
drug, and it can be used for that be
cause of the tremendous strength
that it has, but obviously people are
using it just for personal use.”
Almonte said many reports of
Rohypnol use involve middle-
school, high-school and college stu
dents.
Users apparently like to take Ro
hypnol to enhance the effects of
other drugs, such as marijuana and
heroin, and also combine it with al
cohol, Almonte said.
“It’s just another drug that people
want to try and experience,” he said.
Police are still trying to determine
what killed 16-year-old Casey
LeeAnn Kirkland, who died of an
overdose at Providence Memorial
Hospital on Sunday, but they suspect
Rohypnol may have been involved.
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